History Manga / TsubasaReservoirChronicle

The story begins in the Kingdom of Clow, a somewhat-medieval desert world. Syaoran (see SpellMyNameWithAnS below for other romanizations) is the adopted son of the deceased AdventurerArchaeologist, Fujitaka, and a dear childhood friend of Sakura, princess of Clow Country.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Fai and Syaoran are the ones with the most confusion.
** Fai: The official English spelling is "Fay D. Flourite", but the name actually references the mineral ''fluorite'' (like the crystal in his wizard's staff). It's a common spelling mistake even for native English speakers, and the translators have thrown in the towel on trying to correct it. Other spellings include permutations of "Fay" "Fai", and "Fye" with "Flourite", "Fluorite", and "Flowright". Additionally, the English pronunciation isn't used, instead it's a Russian pronunciation, so it sounds like 'Fye' rhyming with 'Eye' rather than Fay rhyming with 'Day'.
*** "Fluorite" is derived from the Latin verb "to flow", so "Flowright" may not be that bad.
** Syaoran: "Li Syaoran" is the official spelling, but "Shaoran" is another possible romanization for the name pronounced Japanese-style, and "Xiao Lang" reflects the original Chinese pronunciation. Some also pronounce it "Show-ren". His last name may also be romanized as "Lee".

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[AndTheAdventureContinues The boys go world-travelling again]], while Princess Sakura stays behind in Clow. Mokona assures everyone that they will be able to visit her world again by focusing on the high Syaoran-associated memory content inside of her.]]

* ArtShift: Besides the change of production studios between the series and OVAs, there is an episode which shifts the art to a crazy comical art style of a storybook.

** To elaborate, the equations are rather complicated. The final result is some [[MindScrew blow your brain]] combo of '''all of these put together simultaneously''' - [[spoiler:AlwaysIdenticalTwins + [[AlternateSelf Alternate Selves]] + IdenticalGrandson, GenerationXerox + CloningBlues + HappilyAdopted + MyOwnGrampa + EveryoneIsRelated]] = Really ''Really'' '''Really''' '''REALLY''' TangledFamilyTree.

* OedipusComplex: Syaoran. [[spoiler: Specifically, the real one. He's been impersonating his father and romancing a princess who is the original from whom his mother was cloned since he was seven.]]
** And that is precisely what his parents want since they see the two as their original selves. See ShipperOnDeck below.
** [[spoiler:Cloney is also an example, since he has memories of being a clone of Syaoran, and his wife has memories of being a clone of Sakura. Since they got together based on those memories, and a clone can be thought of as being like a child, it's debatable which generation is imitating which.]]

%%* {{Bishonen}}:
%%** Almost all of the men who appear, though Fai in particular.
%%** The most girly is Tokyo's Kakyou, whom some fans still believe to be a woman. That he is [[CrossdressingVoice voiced]] by Creator/MitsukiSaiga, who is known to voice ambiguous characters, doesn't help.
%%** [[Manga/RGVeda Ashura]] is a subversion; although many fans interpret them as a man[[note]]No gendered pronouns are applied to Ashura in Japanese, but {{Creator/Tokyopop}}'s Manga/RGVeda translation applied male pronouns because of the lack of good, common gender-neutral pronouns in English, which led to this. However, Del Rey's ''Tsubasa'' translation preserved the lack of pronouns.[[/note]], they are [[NoBiologicalSex without any gender]].
%%** Celes's Ashura-ou, [[spoiler:the one Fai was so afraid would wake up]], qualifies though.

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* GenreShift: [[spoiler: In one arc, it transforms from a happy and light-hearted GottaCatchEmAll adventure story to a MindScrew of a fantasy drama.]]